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1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations |
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CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection
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| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- MODULE I: BACKGROUND -- CHAPTER 1 Technological Systems and Canadian Development -- CHAPTER 2 Unpacking the Black Box of Technology -- CHAPTER 3 The Mind, the Machine and the Living Earth -- MODULE II: TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY -- CHAPTER 4 Transportation Systems and Empire Building -- CHAPTER 5 Inside the Networks of the Global Economy -- TRANSITION -- CHAPTER 6 Technology, Culture and Discourse -- MODULE III: COMMUNICATION, CULTURE AND IDENTITY -- CHAPTER 7 The Industrialization of Knowing |
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CHAPTER 8 The Medium is the Message, and the MassageCHAPTER 9 Making and Breaking Monopolies of Knowledge -- MODULE IV: SUMMING UP -- CHAPTER 10 Imagining Canada in the Global Village -- CHAPTER 11 Feminist and Ecological Perspectives -- CHAPTER 12 Review and Final Comments |
| Summary |
This text provides an inter-disciplinary critique of the new global economy and information society, tracing its roots in the infrastructures of Canada's development from the canoes and ships of the fur trade, through the railways and telegraph of industrialization, to mass-print media, radio, television and film distribution. It draws on the works of four key thinkers-Ursula Franklin, George Grant, Harold Innis, and Marshall McLuhan-to frame contributions from Pat Armstrong, Ellen Balka, Robert Babe, Pam Colorado, James Carey, and many others |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Technology -- Social aspects -- Canada
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Communication and culture -- Canada
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Communication and culture
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Technology -- Social aspects
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Technologie.
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Cultuur.
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Economische aspecten.
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Politieke aspecten.
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Sociale aspecten.
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Ecologische aspecten.
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Canada
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773574083 |
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0773574085 |
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1282864211 |
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9781282864214 |
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9786612864216 |
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6612864214 |
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